undershoot
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“The risk in 2026 has always been skewed to further easing given the expected undershoot of the inflation target,” Deutsche Bank’s Chief European Economist Mark Wall said in a recent research note.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
It is likely that the projections will show a modest inflation undershoot in 2028 at 1.9%, but this is unlikely to be meaningful enough to change the ECB’s guidance, RBC analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
A runway safety area refers to an area adjacent to, or at the end of a runway, meant to limit damage to aircraft should they overshoot, undershoot or veer off the runway.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
O’Brien’s staging is deliberately old-fashioned, filled with simple effects and modest outlays meant to match the content but that somehow undershoot the mark.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
"Better to overshoot than to undershoot," added Aylward.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
After a series of undershoots in the years following the 2008-09 financial crisis, policy would seek to exceed the 2% target—which it did readily.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
If a team undershoots its targets, it falls back quickly.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
These dynamics could intensify later this week if U.S. inflation data for June undershoots analysts' already soft expectations.
From Reuters ● Jul. 10, 2023
The snippet we see of their idiotic vanity project, “The Striking Viking,” aims so low it undershoots satire by a mile.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2018
Since regular jet flights started two years ago, no U.S. commercial jet has cracked up seriously on landing, but there have been perilously close undershoots and overshoots because of pilot misjudgment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Growth in nonfarm payrolls has undershot its longer-run average for two years.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
Growth has undershot the BSP’s expectations due to weaker domestic demand, it said on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The history of the building also captivated Brendan - it is an undershot watermill, which means water flows underneath the waterwheel, striking the paddles at the bottom.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
Global silver supplies undershot demand for a fifth year in a row in 2025, according to the Silver Institute.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
How deep into the water should the paddles of an undershot wheel go?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
But spending appeared to lose steam, undershooting expectations of economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal who instead expected growth of 0.4 percent.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Government data showed earlier Friday that household spending fell 3.0% in October from a year earlier, undershooting a 1.0% rise expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Kroenke always told his development team that undershooting L.A. would be a huge mistake, that the opportunity here was immeasurable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
"Overall, there's more undershooting than overshooting of fertility ideals," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025
Employers added 175,000 positions in April, the Labor Department reported Friday, undershooting forecasts.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
